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Florida sets new daily record for COVID deaths, Escambia maintains death a day average

   July 11, 2020

Florida has 10,360 new cases, topping 254K, and 186 new deaths, nearing 4200 – according to today’s FDOH reports.

Escambia County has 177 new cases – 168 Florida residents, median age 37 and positivity rate of 13.5%.  The county had another death – the tenth since June 30.

Santa Rosa has 57 new cases – all Florida residents, median age 40 and positivity rate of 12.5%. The county also had an additional death.

Hospitalizations and deaths lag behind the rise in positives.

Escambia County had more new cases yesterday than Chicago (174 cases), even though the Windy City did almost four times more tests – 3,637 vs. 1247.

Escambia County also had more cases than King County, Washington  – home to Seattle (146 cases). King County conducted 3,035 tests.

Both Chicago and Seattle require face masks.

 

as of July 11 7/9/20 7/10/20 Increase
Total Cases        244,151    254,511  10,360
Fla Residents       240,710    250,984  10,274
Non-Fla.            3,441        3,527         86
Deaths Per DOH        4,197 186
Escambia            3,485        3,662       177
Okaloosa            1,083        1,130         47
Santa Rosa            1,085        1,142         57

 

Here’s the recap for first 10 days of July. It would appear Escambia County has become a COVID hotspot:

Date Negatives Positives Total Positivity
June 1-10 4048 64 4112 1.56%
June 11-20 5142 205 5347 3.83%
June 21-30 6477 754 7231 10.43%
15667 1023 16690 6.13%
July 1-10 8920 1438 10358 13.9%

 

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